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Nyra

Nyra: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“radiance, brightness”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
NY-ruh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Often used in South Asia and sometimes connected with Arabic Nayyirah/Nayra meaning bright or radiant. Usage and exact derivation can vary by community.

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How popular is Nyra?

202457.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Nyra in 2024191

2024 rank#1,226 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18802,264

Nyra is rising: use over the last five years is 20.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Nyra

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Nyra questions

What does the name Nyra mean?

Nyra means "radiance, brightness". It comes from Arabic. Often used in South Asia and sometimes connected with Arabic Nayyirah/Nayra meaning bright or radiant. Usage and exact derivation can vary by community.

Is Nyra a boy or girl name?

Nyra is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Nyra?

191 US babies were named Nyra in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Nyra?

Nyra is usually pronounced NY-ruh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.